Camerama-Cameroo: Part 3

NOTE: This post comes not-so-hot on the heels of
Camerama-Cameroo: Part 1 and Camerama-Cameroo: Part 2*.

* The earlier problem with the no-show pictures
have already been looked into and rectified.

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True to my Land-of-the-Good-Food roots, every holiday destination is painstakingly scoured for tasty bites, scrumptious meals and mouthwatering delicacies. Cameron Highlands was not spared. These are some of the makan spots you HAVE TO, HAVE TO, HAVE TO take time out to visit.

1. Boh Tea Plantation Café. Their shortbread's to die for. Really. They also serve an assortment of teas (duh) that are simply delightful. Oh, and did I mention? The view from up there is crazy beautiful! The café sits on a hilltop that overlooks the entire Boh plantation. The breeze is so strong up there that it feels about a million times colder than the temperature says it is. So much so that without a hot cuppa tea in your hands, your face and digits numb up. Ouch, but I love it! You know, before they upgraded to mechanical tea leave plucking methods, you'd often be able to catch sight of women with baskets on their backs, scattered all over the hills. It's a far cry from what we so often see in the city.

2. Ye Olde Smokehouse. This is a site not to be missed. It's got textured whitewashed walls, beams in the ceiling, real chimneys and creepers climbing up the walls. It's one of those old British cottages that's probably been there since, like, forever. Very picturesque when all the flowers are in bloom. This old cottage is oddly romantic, too. Gives me a warm tingly feeling every time I'm there. I almost feel like waltzing around in puffed sleeves and flowy skirts, topped with a tiara in my hair. *giggle*







3. Brinchang steamboat. It's really nice having warm soup on cold nights. But beware for all of them conn the shit out of tourists. Off-peak rates can be as low as RM6 per person but it goes up to RM25 during peak periods. Crazy. Honestly, I don't think the steamboat there tastes fantastic but it's just one of those novelty stops visitors tend to make. So if you're a visitor, go ahead and behave like one. Get conned with a smile. Just don't go to this one particular store at Brinchang. You'll know which one I'm referring to once you're there cos there's an Indian-looking dude with a limp taking orders. The soup's terrible, there's hardly anything to eat, and the tomyam doesn't taste anything like tomyam. Sorry, no pictures for this one cos the food sucked big time.


Actually, there's another Chinese restaurant at Tanah Rata that's really nice but the name's sorta left me so... too bad. No free promo for them. Anyhew, that's all for this episode of Camerama-Cameroo. One last one coming up so, hang in there. Your pain and agony of looking at greens and reading travel tales will soon over. =)